Vasileia Karachaliou

Personal information
NationalityGreek/Portuguese
Born (1996-10-19) 19 October 1996
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight62 kg (137 lb)
Sport
Country Greece
SportSailing
Event
Laser radial
ClubPiraeus Sailing Club
Coached byTamás Eszes
Medal record
Sailing Athens Eurolymp Week
Gold medal – first place2012 GreeceLaser Radial
Canarian Olympic Sailing Week
Gold medal – first place2020 SpainLaser Radial
Gold medal – first place2017 SpainLaser Radial
Sailing European Cup
Gold medal – first place2013 GreeceLaser Radial
Bronze medal – third place2016 PolandLaser Radial
Sailing ASAF Cup - JSAF Enoshima Olympic Week
Bronze medal – third place2017 JapanLaser Radial
Sailing Izola Spring Cup
Silver medal – second place2017 SloveniaLaser Radial
Sailing World Cup
Gold medal – first place2017 USALaser Radial
Silver medal – second place2017 SpainLaser Radial
Silver medal – second place2020 USALaser Radial
Bronze medal – third place2019 USALaser Radial
Sailing European Championships
Bronze medal – third place2017 SpainLaser Radial

Vasileia Karachaliou is a Greek laser radial sailor. She won the national championship many times so far.[1] Among all her medals, she has won a gold at the 2017 Sailing World Cup Series Round 1 - Miami and a bronze medal at the 2017 Laser & Laser Radial European Championships Barcelona. In August 2018, she qualified to the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[2] March 23, 2020: she is ranked second in the Laser Radial world rankings.[3]

Competing for Portugal, she won the silver medal at Andora 2023 world championships.[4][5] In 2023 she affirmed her intention of competing for Portugal.[6][7][8]

References

  1. ↑ "Panhellenic LASER RDL Championship". eio.gr.
  2. ↑ "First Laser, Radial and 49erFX nations confirmed for Tokyo 2020". aarhus2018.sailing.org.
  3. ↑ "H Βασιλεία Καραχάλιου #2 στο Παγκόσμιο Ranking List". iop.gr.
  4. ↑ "Sailwave results for 2023 ILCA Senior European Championships & European Trophy at 10-17 March 2023, Circolo Nautico Andora (CNA), Andora, Italy 2023". eurilca.eu. Retrieved 2024-02-24.
  5. ↑ "2023 ILCA Senior Europeans". 2023 ILCA Senior European Championships. Retrieved 2024-02-24.
  6. ↑ "Vasileia Karachaliou quer ser ouro em Paris2024: «Sou grega, mas estou super-contente por competir por Portugal»". record.pt (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-02-24.
  7. ↑ "Presidente do COP e a situação de Vasileia Karachaliou: 'É perfeitamente bizarra. Não é portuguesa e já compete por Portugal'". SAPO Desporto (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2024-02-24.
  8. ↑ "Vela. Vasileia Karachaliou aguarda naturalização" (in Portuguese). Rádio e Televisão de Portugal. 2023-11-17. Retrieved 2024-02-24.